Welcome to New Lanark World Heritage Site!

We are a former 18th century cotton spinning mill village located on the banks of the Falls of Clyde just under 1 hour from Glasgow and Edinburgh. Today we are recognised as one of Scotland’s 6 UNESCO World Heritage Sites of ‘outstanding universal value’ and welcome over 300,000 visitors annually to our site.

In this section you can:

Discover the history of the site and how it is run today

Download resources and publications by clicking on the links below

Find out about our archive / view it online and arrange a visit to our Search Room

Get involved in volunteering or join the Friends of New Lanark

At New Lanark we work with a wide range of partners any you can find out more about them by clicking the links below:

Historic Environment Scotland provide the co-ordination for Scottish World Heritage Sites and holds current and historic photographs, maps and architectural drawings of New Lanark. They also provide New Lanark with a grant for maintenance of our buildings and our learning & outreach programme - https://www.historicenvironment.scot/

The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland holds current and historic photographs, maps and architectural drawings of New Lanark- www.rchams.gov.uk

SCRANprovides educational access to digital materials representing Scotland's material culture and history and many images of and relating to New Lanark are available on the site- www.scran.ac.uk

The Robert Owen Museum is located in Newtown, Wales and houses a collection of objects, written material and pictures relating to the life of Robert Owen- www.robert-owen-museum.org.uk

Historic New Harmony, a department within Outreach and Engagement at the University of Southern Indiana, maintains 26 buildings and 40 acres in New Harmony, Indiana (The site of Robert Owen's utopian experiment) - www.usi.edu/outreach/historic-new-harmony

The Clyde and Avon Valley Landscape Partnership (CAVLP) is a new Heritage Lottery funded project which aims to conserve, enhance and celebrate the unique landscape and cultural heritage of the Clyde and Avon Valleys- www.clydeandavonvalley.org

Lanark Community Development Trust is a charitable, non-profit body which carries out volunteer-led projects for the common good of the historic Royal Burgh of Lanark- www.lanarktrust.co.uk

The Robert Owen Centre for Educational Change aims to promote more equitable education systems through theory-driven, applied research underpinned by a commitment to the principles of social justice and lifelong learning- www.gla.ac.uk/schools/education/robertowencentre/